Packing and refrigerating case



(No Model.)

Y J. BARKER. PACKING AND REFRIGERATING CASE.

No. 431,930. PatentedJuly 8, 1890. 12W

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB BARKER, OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF TO LUTHER L.

FRIERSON, OEMOUNT PLEASANT, TENNESSEE.

PACKING AND RERlGE-RATING CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,930, dated July 8, 1890.

Application tiled October @1889. Serial No. 326,103. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ACOEBARKEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbia, in the county of Maury and State of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Packing and Refrigerating Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the packing refrigerating-vessel for which Letters Patent No. 410,481 were issued to me September 3,1889, and it has for its objects to facilitate cleaning the apparatus and to provide novel means whereby the iiange to form one wall of the Water-trough is in a separate piece from the can or containing-vessel, and is detachably connected with the external casing or envelope.

To accomplish these objects my invention involves the features of construction and the arrangement or combination ot' devices, hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the claims, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional view showing the jacket in side elevation. Fig..2 is a central vertical sectional view of the several parts comprising the apparatus. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View of the plate to form one Wall of the water-trough, showing, also, a supporting-hook; and Fig. 4 is a similar view showing a modification.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe the same in detail, referring to the drawings, wherein- The reference-numeral l indicates a milkcan or other containing-vessel having an inclined or conical breast 2, from the top of which rises a vertical neck 3, having a movable tightly-fitting cover 4. The external casing or envelope 5 is of wood or other material suitable for the conditions required, and it preferably resembles a barrel having an attachable and detachable head or lid 6, se-

' cured by appropriate fastening devices. The

placeable packing-jacket ll, composed of a sheet of rubber or felt, on which is a preparation of mcork or antiseptic material. The sheet comprising the jacket is connected at its contiguous edges by straps 10 and buckles l2 or other suitable fastenin gs, and such jacket rests on the disk S and fills the space between the can or container and the external casing. The inside ofthe head or lid 6 and the inside of the externalcasing above the can-breast are lined with someair-tight non-conducting medium-sueltas rubber, cloth, or other material-the obj ect being to render the icechamber. above the can air-tight, and also to surround it With a non-conductor of heat to avoid Waste of ice.

The annular plate or flange 13, instead of being secured to the can or container, is provided at the upper edge with a series of eyes 14, which engage hooks l5, secured to the inside of the external casing, and the lower edge of the plate is wired, as at 16, and rests against the can or container at some suitable point, preferably against the breast 2, as in Fig. 2, in such manner that the water resulting from the melting of the ice will pass between the can and the wired edge of the plate and flow down in contact with the side wall of the can.

Instead of providing the annular plate with eyes, it may be provided with hooks to engage eyes secured to the inside of the external casing, as shown in Fig. 4; but in either coinstruction the plate is detachably connected with the casing by hooks and eyes.

By removing the head or lid of the casing the annular plate, the can, and the foraminous shell can belifted out, and then the iiexible packing-jacket can be slightly collapsed and removed, after which the bottom disk can be detached, thus separating all the parts, whereby they can be Washed clean with ease and facility. This I have found very desirable and important in this type of apparatus, as it entirely avoids fouling of the casing, packingjacket, and other parts of the structure.

The construction described and shown pro1 IOO vides simple and ecient means for the cleanly transportation of milk or other perishables, for all the devices can be removed, washed, dried, and replaced with convenience and rapidity. The packing-jacket is divided along the vertical line 14, so that in use it is held in correct position at such edges, while when removed its edges can be separated and the sheet spread fiat or opened to facilitate cleaning the same. The annular plate inclines downward and inward from the hook-and-eye attachment, and as it bears at its lower inner edge against the can such plate forms, in combination with the can-breast, an annular V- shaped water-trough for receiving the water resulting from melting of the ice contained in the ice-chamber above the can or container.

I have described and shown the annular plate 13 suspended by a hookand-eye attach- Having thus described my invention, what i I claim is- 1. In a paching-refrigerator, the combination, with an external casing and a containing-vessel therein having a breast, of the i11- clined annular plat-e separate fromthe container and detachably hung at its upper edge from supports on the casing and having its lower edge arranged in proximity to the can,

` substantially as described.

2. In a packing-refrigerator, the combination, with an external casing and a containing-vessel therein having a breast, of an annular plate connected with the casing by hooks and eyes and arranged in relation to the container to form in connection therewith a water-trough to an ice-chamber above the container, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have axed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB BARKER. "Witnesses:

W. N. WRIGHT, T. A. DUGGAN. 

